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Forged: Writing in the Name of God

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Forged: Writing in the Name of God

Forged: Writing in the Name of God - Why the Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are
by Bart D. Ehrman (Author), Walter Dixon (Narrator)
Publisher: HarperAudio (March 22, 2011) | ISBN n/a | ASIN: B004T7AKUA | Language English | Audio CD in MP3 / 32 kbps / 22 kHz Mono CBR MP3 | 146 MB

It is often said, even by critical scholars who should know better, that "writing in the name of another" was widely accepted in antiquity. But New York Times best-selling author Bart D. Ehrman dares to call it what it was: literary forgery, a practice that was as scandalous then as itis today. In Forged, Ehrman's fresh and original research takes readers back to the ancient world, where forgeries were used as weapons by unknown authors to fend off attacks to their faith and establish their church. So, if many of the books inthe Bible were not in fact written by Jesus's inner circle - but by writers living decades later, with differing agendas in rival communities - what does that do to the authority of Scripture?

Ehrman investigates ancient sources to:

Reveal which New Testament books were outright forgeries.
Explain how widely forgery was practiced by early Christian writers - and how strongly it was condemned in the ancient world as fraudulent and illicit
Expose the deception in the history of the Christian religion.

Ehrman's fascinating story of fraud and deceit is essential reading for anyone interested in the truth about the Bible and the dubious origins of Christianity's sacred texts.


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Forged: Writing in the Name of God



Forged: Writing in the Name of God